Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 177 186
Rank change year-on-year -20 +9 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 118 116 234
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.77% 1.41% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.62% 3.19% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 98 85 169
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £26,938 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +15.38% -2.50%
75th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,875 £65,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,574 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.23% +1.27% -8.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,262 3,637 5,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.26% 44.12% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,895 1,581 3,601
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% -2.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -6 43 £29,500 -21.33% 9
Thames Valley -12 33 £42,500 - 17
Kent -6 25 £30,000 - 3
Berkshire +10 17 £47,500 -7.32% 5
Oxfordshire -19 10 £32,500 +14.04% 4
East Sussex -4 8 £35,500 -39.83% 3
Buckinghamshire -26 6 £65,000 +85.71% 8
Middlesex +38 2 £65,000 - 4
West Sussex -19 2 £31,000 -38.00% 3
Surrey -34 2 £43,500 -3.33% 8
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 20 (16.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.24%) WordPress
4 1 (0.85%) Apache
4 1 (0.85%) nginx
Applications
1 51 (43.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.69%) PTC Creo
2 2 (1.69%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 64 (54.24%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (37.29%) Azure
3 17 (14.41%) AWS
4 16 (13.56%) Entra ID
5 9 (7.63%) Azure Functions
5 9 (7.63%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (7.63%) Serverless
6 8 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (6.78%) SaaS
7 5 (4.24%) GitHub
8 4 (3.39%) Google Workspace
8 4 (3.39%) IaaS
8 4 (3.39%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.69%) GCP
9 2 (1.69%) PaaS
10 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.85%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.95%) LAN
2 18 (15.25%) Firewall
3 16 (13.56%) WAN
4 15 (12.71%) DNS
5 12 (10.17%) VPN
6 11 (9.32%) DHCP
6 11 (9.32%) VLAN
7 9 (7.63%) WLAN
8 6 (5.08%) Wireless
9 5 (4.24%) Internet
9 5 (4.24%) SSL
10 4 (3.39%) VoIP
10 4 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.85%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.02%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.39%) Power BI
3 4 (3.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (11.86%) Git
2 4 (3.39%) JIRA
General
1 82 (69.49%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.93%) French Language
4 7 (5.93%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.24%) Finance
5 5 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.24%) Multimedia
6 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.69%) Retail
7 2 (1.69%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (31.36%) IT Support
2 36 (30.51%) Analyst
3 22 (18.64%) Support Analyst
3 22 (18.64%) Support Technician
4 18 (15.25%) 1st Line Support
4 18 (15.25%) 1st Line Support Technician
5 17 (14.41%) IT Analyst
5 17 (14.41%) IT Support Analyst
6 12 (10.17%) IT Engineer
7 11 (9.32%) Senior
8 9 (7.63%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Service Analyst
8 9 (7.63%) Service Desk Analyst
8 9 (7.63%) Support Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 8 (6.78%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 8 (6.78%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (6.78%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 8 (6.78%) Developer
10 7 (5.93%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.47%) .NET
2 5 (4.24%) CSS
2 5 (4.24%) HTML
3 3 (2.54%) Web Services
4 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.56%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.93%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.69%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (1.69%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.69%) PKI
4 2 (1.69%) Replication
4 2 (1.69%) SCADA
4 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.85%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (29.66%) Windows
2 19 (16.10%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.78%) Mac OS
4 7 (5.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (4.24%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.54%) Android
6 3 (2.54%) Linux
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.59%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (26.27%) Customer Service
3 22 (18.64%) Mentoring
4 20 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (15.25%) Computer Science
6 17 (14.41%) ITIL
7 16 (13.56%) ITSM
8 14 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (9.32%) CRM
9 11 (9.32%) ERP
10 10 (8.47%) Cloud Security
10 10 (8.47%) Software Engineering
11 9 (7.63%) API Management
11 9 (7.63%) CI/CD
11 9 (7.63%) Performance Metrics
12 7 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 7 (5.93%) Secure Coding
13 6 (5.08%) Process Improvement
13 6 (5.08%) Project Delivery
13 6 (5.08%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.41%) SQL
2 12 (10.17%) Python
3 10 (8.47%) C#
4 7 (5.93%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.93%) Ruby
5 6 (5.08%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.24%) R
7 4 (3.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 63 (53.39%) Degree
2 30 (25.42%) A+ Certification
3 22 (18.64%) Azure Certification
4 18 (15.25%) MCSE
5 14 (11.86%) AWS Certification
6 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 8 (6.78%) DBS Check
8 7 (5.93%) HNC
9 6 (5.08%) MCSA
9 6 (5.08%) Security Cleared
10 5 (4.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (4.24%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (3.39%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (3.39%) SC Cleared
12 3 (2.54%) CCNA
12 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (1.69%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.63%) QA
2 8 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (6.78%) GDPR
3 5 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.85%) NCSC
5 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (23.73%) Active Directory
2 17 (14.41%) Hyper-V
3 15 (12.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.24%) XenApp
5 2 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.85%) Squid
6 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.39%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.69%) SCCM
3 2 (1.69%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 2 (1.69%) WSUS
4 1 (0.85%) Autotask
4 1 (0.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 116 (98.31%) Microsoft
2 21 (17.80%) VMware
3 10 (8.47%) ServiceNow
4 9 (7.63%) Oracle
4 9 (7.63%) Veeam
5 8 (6.78%) Cisco
6 7 (5.93%) Apple
6 7 (5.93%) HubSpot
7 6 (5.08%) Citrix
7 6 (5.08%) SonicWALL
8 4 (3.39%) Datto
8 4 (3.39%) Dell
8 4 (3.39%) Google
9 2 (1.69%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (1.69%) Draytek
9 2 (1.69%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.69%) Juniper
9 2 (1.69%) PTC
9 2 (1.69%) Symantec
9 2 (1.69%) WatchGuard